It has been proposed that oxidant stress of cells in the lung is one of the underlying
mechanisms of particulate pollution-induced exacerbation of lung disease. Individuals who are …

… different urban air pollutants. AMs are also capable of producing numerous other mediators
such as hematopoietic growth factors (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-…

… AMs and human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) are … Granulocytes such as neutrophils
and eosinophils, are innate … important granulocyte when considering air pollution pathogenesis…

… The present study examined the association between acute air pollution caused by biomass
burning and peripheral WBC counts in humans. Serial measurements of the WBC count …

… The investigators thank Lisa Dailey for collecting air pollution particles, and the staff of the
Medical Station at EPA-Human Studies Division for providing alveolar macrophage for these …

… The injurious effects of particulate air pollution may be either local (in … Human studies showed
that an episode of severe air … to be an important granulocyte deganulation factor that may …

… (PM 10 ) stimulates alveolar macrophages (AMs) to release immature granulocytes from the
… The human bone marrow response to acute air pollution caused by forest fires. Am J Respir …

… exposed to air pollutants during the 1997 Southeast Asian forest fires. Human AM were …
We have recently reported that IL-6 accelerates the transit time of granulocytes through the …

… kines, which may recruit granulocytes and induce acute reaction … previously shown that air
pollution particles collected from … and other components of air pollution particles in stimulating …

… to air pollution stimulates the bone marrow in humans [83] … factor that stimulates granulocyte
and monocyte differentiation and … the transit time of granulocytes through the bone marrow, …